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STAGECRAFT Organizing/Service Models WWW.<strong>IATSE</strong>.NET In 1980, after a slight uptick in the late 1970’s, the percentage of union members among US workers began a decades long decline. While far less precipitous, Canadian unions also declined. In response to this looming crisis the AFL- CIO began to reevaluate how its affiliated unions operated. Out of this process of self-examination came the notion of a new model of union administration, the Organizing Model. Previously unions operated under the service model of worker representation. Under the service model unions are focused on producing tangible results for their members. Good contracts with regular wage increases, generous fringe benefit packages, and job security where the core focus of union leaders. For many stagecraft Locals’ this also includes the operation of the hiring hall. The AFL-CIO recognized that the service model was insufficient to confront the challenges of an openly antagonistic Republican administration and business community. After Reagan fired the striking air traffic controllers in 1981 employers became increasingly hostile to unions. A new cottage industry of “union avoidance” consultants sprang into being and aggressively fought union organizing efforts. This period also saw the appearance of labor contractors in the entertainment industry that provided an alternative contingent workforce to our local unions. At the same time labor became increasingly disassociated with its natural liberal and progressive allies. The service model had led to a complacent membership dependent on its leadership to provide for them. This passivity leads to resentment when the overwhelmed union fails to overcome the forces aligned against them. Unions became defensive, seeking to preserve hard fought conditions, instead of proactive. “I would not lead you into the promised land if I could, because if I led you in, someone else would lead you out.” EUGENE V. DEBS The Organizing Model seeks to remedy this imbalance by empowering the rank and file membership. It tries to position local unions to be effective organizers and new members to be activists. The first step in this transition is an internal organizing assessment where the administrative functions and policies of the Locals are reviewed to identify and eliminate impediments to rank and file participation and the integration of new members into local unions. The greater the participation of the rank and file the more responsive the union will be to the issues that galvanize them. The more confident the membership is of the union’s support the greater the likelihood that they will want to be active. An empowered membership reinforces a responsive leadership. A mobilized membership projects strength in our relations with employers and solidarity with our communities. An active and invested membership will also lead to more effective external organizing. The Organizing Model recognizes that organizing the unrepresented workforce must be a permanent administrative function of unions. Our members are our best ambassadors, not only to unrepresented workers, but to our potential allies in the community at large. It is not enough to succeed in organizing new members, we need to cultivate community support and build coalitions to consolidate our achievements. The International has invested significant resources to encourage local unions and their members to pursue the Organizing Model. The Young Workers and Women’s Committees target those demographics to inspire activism. The Officer’s Institute and Organizing 1.0 and 2.0 seminars train leaders and activists to be more effective in representing our membership and expanding it. There is much Locals can do to encourage members to participate. Forming your own Women’s and Young Workers Committees and encouraging their activism is one step. Seeking volunteers to constitute an organizing committee is another. But simply forming committees is insufficient. We need to adopt specific policies, outline specific goals, constantly assess progress, and recognize and promote those who engage in activism. In doing so we can rebuild our movement from the ground up just as it was originally constructed. 38 OFFICIAL BULLETIN
LOCAL ORGANIZING ACTIVITY VOLUNTARY RECOGNITION LOCAL EMPLOYER UNIT 53 ENCORE EVENT TECHNOLOGIES PRODUCTION/CAMERA 28 WGBH ANTIQUES ROADSHOW STAGEHANDS RATE CARD TO CONTRACT LOCAL EMPLOYER UNIT 28 CENTRAL CATHOLIC STAGEHANDS 28 SATIS&FY STAGEHANDS FIRST CONTRACT LOCAL EMPLOYER UNIT 21 PROP AND SPOON SHOP WORKERS 50 AFTERSHOCK FESTIVAL DANNY WIMMER PRESENTS STAGEHANDS 824 INNOVATION AMPHITHEATER STAGEHANDS IA STRIKERS RAISE OVER $12,000 FOR BROADWAY CARES/EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS The “IA Strikers” participated in Up Our Alley 18, a bowl-a-thon to support Classical Action: Performing Arts Against AIDS, a program of Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS. The Strikers raised $12,628. Thank you to all those that donated to the team. This is the Strikers fifth year participating in this event that helps ensure that men, women and children across the country living with HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening illnesses receive the medicines, counseling, healthy meals, safe places to sleep and emergency financial assistance they need to survive. Pictured here are the IA Strikers, in front: Tony DePaulo (Team Captain), Alex Tomais, Cathy Wiggins and Matthew Cain. In back, Wesley Vega, Jennifer Triplett, Jimmy Rainey and Davel Hamue. STAGECRAFT FOURTH QUARTER 2017 39
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